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Better Business Bureau
AUTOLINE -- mediation and arbitration of car complaints
BBB OnLine (look for the "CARE" symbol to assure honest dealings)
Better Business Bureau On-line Complaint Form (national)
Better Business Bureau- National Main Site
Consumer Organizations & Professional Associations
American Association of Individual Investors
American Arbitration Association
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
American Consumer Institute
American Council on Consumer Interests
American Society of Home Inspectors
American Society of Travel Agents
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Association for Consumer Research
BoatUS: industry-sponsored mediation of consumer complaints about boats
California Consumer Rights Association
Call for Action (network of consumer help centers)
CalPIRG (California Public Interest Research Group unofficial site)
California Utility Consumers' Action Network
Center for Auto Safety
Center for Democracy & Technology ( net privacy issues)
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (spam)
Coalition for Consumer Rights (Chicago)
Commercial Alert: a Ralph Nader anti-commercialism and advertising
Community Associations Institute: for homeowners assns, coops,
Consumer Action (San Francisco) Consumer Attorneys of California
Consumer Federation of America
Consumers League of New Jersey
Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion (anti-scan-card page)
Consumers Union consumer advocacy and issues site
Consumers Union en espanol (in Spanish)
Consumer Watchdog: Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights
Consumers' Voice: advocates on telecom issues
Council of Better Business Bureaus
DigitalConsumer.org: seeks personal rights to copy music, etc.
Direct Marketing Assn (DMA) consumer tips
Direct Selling Association Code of Ethics
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
ID Theft Resource Center Insurance Information Institute
Medicare Rights Center
National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)
National Association of Consumer Advocates
National Assn. of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
National Assn. of Insurance Commissioners
National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates
National Center for Financial Education
National Charities Information Bureau
National Coalition for Consumer Education/LifeSmarts
National Consumer Law Center
National Consumers League
Consumer Assistance Directory: National Consumer Organizations
National Consumer Organizations (list)
National Foundation for Consumer Credit (Consumer Credit Counseling)
National Fraud Information Center (National Consumers League -- info)
Netcheck Commerce Bureau (similar to BBB)
North American Securities Administrators Association
Organic Consumers Association
Pennsylvania Consumer Action Network Online Privacy Alliance (businesses for voluntary privacy standards)
PlanetFeedback: send complaints/comments to companies online
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Public Citizen founded by Ralph Nader
Public Interest Research Groups (USPIRG & state PIRGs
SOCAP -- Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business
Tenants Union (directory of resources nationwide)
ToySafety.org: compilers of annual "10 Worst Toys" list
TRAC -- Telecommunications Research & Action Center
Local and State Agencies
